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Downloads

Our download server

Our download server at http://download.geofabrik.de has
excerpts and derived data from the OpenStreetMap dataset
available for free download. Most of these files are updated every day – any change you upload to
OpenStreetMap should be on our download server the next day.

Geographic Regions

Data on the download server is organised by region. The /openstreetmap directory contains files that have
a whole continent's data in them, and for some continents there are subdirectories in which you find individual files for various
countries. Some countries again have their own subdirectories with data for administrative
subdivisions. For Germany, all "Bundesländer" are available as separate files, and for
England we have many individual counties. For France, we have all Departements. The file for Germany's Baden-Württemberg region
is, for example, at

Processing OSM raw data requires software. You can find map renderers, editors, and
converters in the
subversion repository of OpenStreetMap.

Shape Files

Files ending in ".shp.zip" are shape files that you can process with almost any
GIS software. In converting OSM data to shape files, we have made a simple default
selection of layers where the most important features get exported (road and railway
network, forests, water areas, some points of interest). We offer custom exports
with different features – either a one-off export or regular updates – as a paid service.

License

All OpenStreetMap derived data on the download server is licensed under the
Open Database License 1.0.
You may use the data for any purpose, but you have to acknowledge OpenStreetMap as the data source.
Derived databases have to retain the same license.